Eric Schmutz (with Flat Stanley)

Contact Info

Drop by my office (266 Korman) anytime. No appointment is necessary.
To be sure of finding me (I am not always in my office), you might prefer to
@drexel.edu email Eric.Jonathan.Schmutz to arrange a meeting time.

 
Address:
Mathematics Department
266 Korman Building
Drexel University
Philadelphia, 19104

Courses

Math 201: Linear Algebra
Math 510: Applied Probability and Statistics I

Research

Probabilistic methods, asymptotic enumeration, discrete mathematics.

Selected papers.
- The Expected Order of a Random Unitary Matrix ,
  Journal of Group Theory, 11 (4), 2008.
- Splitting Fields for Characteristic Polynomials of Matrices with Entries in a Finite Field,
  Finite Fields Appl. 14(1) (2008), 250--257.
- Comparison of Two CDS Algorithms on Random Unit Ball Graphs
  with Jennie C. Hansen, (ANALCO '05 conference paper)
- Limit distribution (sic) for the maximum degree of a random recursive tree,
  with William M.Y.Goh, J. Comput. Appl. Math. 142 (1) (2002), 61--82.
- The Number of Distinct Part Sizes in a Random Partition ,
  with William M.Y.Goh , Journal of Combinatorial Theory Ser A. 69 (1995) 149-158.
- How Random is the Characteristic Polynomial of a Random Matrix?,
  with Jennie C. Hansen, Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 114(3) (1993), 507--515.
- Gap Free Set Partitions ,
  with William M.Y.Goh Random Structures and Algorithms 3(1) (1992), 9--18.
- Carmichaels Lambda Function
  with Paul Erdos and Carl Pomerance, Acta Arith. 58 (1991), no. 4, 363--385.
- The Expected Order of a Random Permutation
  with William M.Y.Goh, Bull. London Math. Soc. 23(1) (1991), 34--42.
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Research Statement